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The plant, astragalus tragacantha, grows on the rocky coast of Sagres in Portugal

An Apishapa stone circle, part of a 700 to 800 year old Native American dwelling stands in the Picket Wire Canyonlands along the Purgatoire River in the Comanche National Grasslands of southeast Colorado.

Flowers in the White Mountains in the Aktau mountain range at the Altyn Emel National Park, Kazakhstan. It was created in 1996. The park cover about 4600 kmq between the Lli River and the Aktau mountain range and consit mostly of desert and rocky terrain

(Cylindropuntia versicolor) Prickly cylindropuntia with yellow fruits with seeds. Arizona cacti, USA

A collections of the Herbivory and Animal Forage in the Desert areas of Pakistan.

Brewer's Milkvetch, Astragalus breweri. Mayacamas Mountain Range, Sonoma County, California. Serpentine Area. Rare. Fabaceae.

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White Sands National Monument New Mexico USA

Plants on the mediterranean beach growing in the sand

Astragalus angustifolius flower in spring

Hardy plant found in Northern South Africa.

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Wildflowers on cracked land, Badlands National Park, South Dakota, USA

Rocks that once held down the edges of a Native American tipi remain in a circle, sunken into the soil with time where they were left on the prairie. The tipi ring sits among many more rings that remain on the hilly plains of Pawnee National Grasslands in northern Colorado.

Cacti (Echinocereus sp.) and Opuntia, yucca, agaves and other desert plants in the mountains landscape in New Mexico, USA

I am fascinated by what appears to be a sterile dead environment until I look closer and see tiny mosses, lichens and algae actually growing a stabilizing soil on undistrubed sand. I learned about this fragile cryptobiotic soil from rangers in the United States National Parks.

Chorizanthe rigida, with the common names of devil's spineflower, rigid spineflower, spiny-herb, rigid spiny-herb, is an annual plant in the Polygonaceae family the buckwheats and is found in Death Valley National Park, California.

Rare and breathtaking Desert Lilies (Hesperocallis Undulata) blooming all over Anza Borrego Desert

Scenic view of plants and bushes growing on Khongoryn Els sand dunes against sky, Gobi Gurvansaikhan National Park, Mongolia.

$The trail to Ka‘ena Point follows an old railroad bed and former dirt road that ran along the westernmost point of O‘ahu. The trail leads to Ka‘ena Point Natural Area Reserve, a remote and scenic protected area harboring some of the last vestiges of coastal sand dune habitat on the island, and home to native plants and seabirds. Whales frequent this shoreline during the winter months.\n\nA hike to Ka‘ena Point can take two routes. From the Wai‘anae side, take the trailhead at the end of the paved road in the Keawaula Section of Ka‘ena Point State Park and follow the dirt roadway for 2.4 miles to Ka‘ena Point Natural Area Reserve. This route follows the shoreline on your left (southwest), characterized by boulder beaches and occasional tidepools, while cliffs rise above you on your right (northeast). Midway along the trail are a pair of small blowholes. In places the old road has eroded completely.$

Horned Toad in desert near Split Rock in Wyoming, USA, North America.

On the border between South Africa and Namibia.

Surface of dry clay soil with sparse stunted vegetation

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